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Thousands of animals have had their shot already. How many more really need it?

Surveillance networks set up to detect outbreaks among pets could one day have public health uses too.  

While concern over SARS-CoV-2 in dogs and cats has captured attention, scientists have also been investigating whether pets can transmit multidrug-resistant bacteria to us.

Researchers report that dogs, pigs, chickens, and ducks did not easily become infected.

Owner Huang Yu dug up his deceased cat to give its cells to the pet-cloning company Sinogene.

The familiar word elicits a twitch of the ears or swish of the tail, suggesting felines can distinguish their names from other words.

A study finds the effect is dose-dependent, with each additional pet further lowering the odds of developing allergies.

These are the first known cases of individuals catching the virus from their pets in Canada or the U.S.

The new technology could allow for new and improved applications in both medicine and research.  

Companies focused on developing treatments for dogs, cats, and horses are bringing a diverse array of products to the pet medicine market.

For the first time, researchers visualize histone deacetylase in the brains of healthy volunteers.

Director of Radiochemistry, Athinoula A. Martinos Center for Biomedical Imaging; Associate Professor, Harvard Medical School. Age: 35

US dogs face a deadly threat from algae-spawned toxins lurking in lakes, but there may be an antidote.

A hidden toxin stalks marine mammals off the coast of California and kills dogs and cats farther inland.

A study finds that homes with dogs billed as hypoallergenic harbor just as many allergens as those housing other breeds.

Although most of the studies now occurring in the In Vivo Cellular and Molecular Imaging Centers (ICMICs) are focused on basic animal research, investigators aren't wasting any time in moving the power of in vivo molecular imaging to human patients.